Liquid consumption: Anti-consumerism and the fetishized de-fetishization of commodities

Cultural Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-623

  Binkley, Sam ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anti consumption; Feng Shui; Liquid consumption; Liquid modernity; Slow Food

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449083152     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: 14664348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09502380802245845     Document Type: Article

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